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Estonian President Vetos Bill On War Monuments
February 22, 2007
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)
Ilves said the bill -- which calls for the removal of all Soviet and Nazi war monuments -- violates Estonia's constitution.
Ilves had vowed to reject the bill shortly after parliament approved it on February 15.
The bill sparked angry responses from Moscow and from Estonia's Russian minority.
(AP, AFP)